Sex offender arrested in Tobyhanna for failure to register

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Apr 30, 2013 at 7:56 PMApr 30, 2013 at 8:10 PM

A sex offender was arrested in Tobyhanna for allegedly failing to register with state police. Pocono Mountain Regional Police said David Gary Sommers had been living above a bar in Coolbaugh Township for months.

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A sex offender was arrested in Tobyhanna for allegedly failing to register with state police. Pocono Mountain Regional Police said David Gary Sommers had been living above a bar in Coolbaugh Township for months.

Police were initially alerted to the situation when U.S. Marshals called them on April 29, looking for Sommers. The 56-year-old man was arrested in his apartment above the Doo Wop Lounge without incident. He was charged with failure to comply with registration requirements.

Sommers was taken to Monroe County Correctional Facility in lieu of $50,000 bail. He is scheduled to appear in district court on May. 8.